Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul; and thus it may be looked on as weakness in the composition of human nature. But if we consider the frequent relieves we receive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient, unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.
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We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors
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The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels.
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The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.
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Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating
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The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day.
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We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.
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Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.
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